In the meantime, a video from Thursday’s stop at CSHHS can be viewed here!

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On Friday, we were so pleased to speak alongside Karen Korematsu at The Harker School in San Jose. We first met Ms. Korematsu at the National Council for the Social Studies Conference in St. Louis, and in her we found a kindred spirit — someone who works to facilitate cross-cultural understanding and defend human rights!

Ms. Korematsu was inspired by her father, Fred Korematsu, who spoke out against Japanese internment during WWII and was the defendant in the famous case Korematsu v. United States.

Though he was originally convicted of violating military orders, that conviction was overturned when new evidence was found in the 80’s, and in 1998, he became the recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. In her presentation at The Harker School, Ms. Korematsu said her father told her simply, “I did what was right.”

More of Fred Korematsu’s story can be found here, and you can see a video from Friday’s stop at The Harker School here!

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Huge thanks to everyone out in California who showed us so much love and hospitality!